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Ron Moore on "Journey's End" -
"There were things in my life pointing me in that
direction that I wasn't paying attention to, sort of like
Wesley. I just thought that everything about this
character said he did not belong in Starfleet... It always
seemed he was just doing things that were expected of
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Jeri Taylor on "Journey's End" -
"There was a lot of concern that this character, whom Gene
created with his middle name, who WAS Gene Roddenberry -
that it was doing him a disservice to have Wesley leave
Starfleet." |
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Originally,
Wesley's aimlessness was to lead him into TNG's debut
mention of the Maquis, named from the French World War II
resistance cell. Eventually, the Maquis theme turned into
the Native American Colony which Jeri Taylor was hoping to
imply was the home of Voyager's American Indian First
Officer Chakotay. |
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Originally, a
direct reference was made to the Hopi Indians and Tribes,
with Picard's ancestor being Corporal Everett Picard who
had been with Kit Carson in 1875, destroying a Rio Grande
Village. However, the tribes involved asked not to be
depicted for fear of misrepresentation, so all terms were
generalised. |
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The Indian
Village was adapted from the Barkon settlement of "Thine
Own Self". Jim Mees recalls -
"Nothing could
have any real life Indian indications, which immediately
means that you can't rent anything." |
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The Tribal
Council chairs were repainted from those of the Romulan
Warbird's wardroom. |
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The Bularian
Canapés were made from odd crackers with Cheez-Whiz and
olives. |
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Originally,
Wesley's vision was to have been an eagle, but Alan Sims
recalled that the only trainable eagle for rent, an
endangered Batalor eagle, was already booked. |
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Initially, Ron
Moore intended Admiral Nechayev to resist Picard's
overtures of detente in the episode, but later agreed with
Michael Piller that Picard actually could get through to
her. |
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In a scene cut
for time, Picard mentions he almost washed out in his
sophomore Academy year after his father's death. |
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Other cut
scenes had Picard waking a sleeping Wesley who'd turned
away from Boothby in irritation, and the Indians
criticising artificial weather modification. |
